Subject: Ivan Rodriguez

• Mount Modano

  March 20, 2007

• A Glove Story

  February 21, 2007

• Mean Guys Finish First

  July 11, 2006

• Scattershooting ...

  October 11, 2007

• Looks Like I Picked A Good Night To Blow Off Hockey

  May 9, 2008

• Byrd Watching

  August 5, 2008

• Black and white

  November 10, 1994

• Aural Sex

  September 4, 1997

• Here's the pitch

  November 6, 1997

• Stealing home

  February 5, 1998

• Stopped short

  March 5, 1998

• Getting to first base

  March 12, 1998

• Senor baseball

  April 2, 1998

• Breaking balls

  April 9, 1998

• Your Texas Rangers: The Steroid Sluggers

  Wow.Part of the shrapnel from the *A-Roid bombshell: Not that it manifested itself in any sort of team success, but there's no denying that the Texas Rangers now have more big-name stars linked to performancing-enhancing drugs than any professional team this side of a European cycling club. Ruben Sierra. Jose Canseco. Ivan Rodriguez. Juan Gonzalez. Rafael Palmeiro. Alex Rodriguez. Huge individual numbers. Miniscule team results. Chalk one up for "cheaters never win ..." For all their

  February 10, 2009

• Safe at third

  May 14, 1998

• Juan for all

  September 10, 1998

• 1998 Best of Dallas

  September 24, 1998

• The spring of our discontent

  March 25, 1999

• Best Beat Writer

  September 21, 2000

• Best Texas Ranger

  September 21, 2000

• Buzz

  Don't have a cow

  June 28, 2001

• Best Sports Columnist

  September 25, 2003

• The Hapless Texas Rangers Turn to their Farm System

  February 5, 2009

• The Great Digit Debate

  Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?

  September 18, 2008

• Two Iconic Baseball Voices Announce a Texas Dream Team for the Ages

  March 27, 2008

• The Young and the Peerless

  Baseball's best-kept secret plays in your backyard

  July 20, 2006

• Heaven Help Us

  When watching sports, is God a passive observer or a meddler?

  April 13, 2006

• The Curse of Sucking

  Is this the year the Texas Rangers finally...? Nah.

  March 30, 2006

• Just Kidding

  Plus: Checkup; Ch-ch-changes

  April 3, 2003

• Ay Caramba!

  Catcher Einar Diaz must take over for Pudge and educate our columnist

  March 27, 2003

• Upon Further Review

  Our human blooper reel looks back at some questionable calls

  January 2, 2003

• Drug-free in '03!

  And 149 other things I swear I'll do next year

  December 19, 2002

• Fools Rush In

  Who needs a pitcher when you don't have a catcher?

  May 24, 2001

• The A-Team

  Love it when a plan comes together? Not so fast. Sure, they've got A-Rod and I-Rod, but what about Rusty Greer hitting leadoff, Tim Crabtree closing, and Johnny Oates acting human? John Gonzalez goes to Texas Rangers spring training to look for answers.

  March 15, 2001

• Positive reinforcement

  The Rangers and their fans continue to see the team's glass as half full

  June 29, 2000

• The Top 10 All-Time Texas Rangers in the History of Ever

  Very cool moment last night: The greatest player in Texas Rangers history - now a Houston Astro - smacks a 5th-inning homer and receives a standing ovation. Stay classy, Arlington. On a day when Toby Harrah and Ruben Sierra were elected into the Rangers' Hall of Fame, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez reminded us that he is the best player to ever wear a Texas uniform. Right? During his short stint as the franchise's best thrower - I said thrower, not pitcher - Nolan Ryan may have been a smidge m

  June 17, 2009

• BREAKING NEWS: Pudge a Ranger, Again!

  ​Wow. The greatest all-time Texas Ranger is coming home. Despite Kevin Richardson's two-hit debut in last night's win, the Texas Rangers are this close to trading for catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez. The deal, according to a team source I just got off the phone with, would send two "mid-level" prospects to the Houston Astros. This, of course, is a five-star sign that management is in full-throttle, go-for-it mode.

  August 18, 2009

• Rangers Fans Set to Party Like It's 1999

  eBay​Ruben Sierra had two comeback stints with the Texas Rangers. Juan González and Sammy Sosa, one. Now, it's 37-year-old Ivan "Pudge" Rodríguez's turn to return to Arlington. Hit it, Prince.

  August 18, 2009

• Houston Cries For Pudge, Claims Its Music History Beats Dallas'

  ​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? Nothing to shake a stick at.)So why the Dallas talk, you ask? Well, for one, there's this little playlist the blog made to bid adieu to one Pudge Rodriguez, formerly of the Houston Astros, as he was t

  August 19, 2009

• Dallas' Fantasy Roster

  No. 12 in your football program ... No. 12 on our fantasy roster.​When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys' all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mavericks? The quest is to attach a Dallas/Fort Worth player to every sports uniform 0-99. A fantasy roster, if you will. The criterion for determining which local athlete "owns" a specific number is as

  August 25, 2009

• Pudge Over Potential

  ​I realize Pudge Rodriguez was brought here with the understanding he'd be a backup. But less than a week into his second coming, scuh-roo that! If starting Pudge throughout the three-game series against the Yankees that starts tonight in New York hurts Taylor Teagarden's wittle feewings or momentarily thrwarts the return and/or development of Jarrod Saltalamacchia, so be it. Pudge has hit, called good games, is the best catcher on the team and, therefore, he should be playing. Why?

  August 25, 2009